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I ' ’! [- 'J •r 5 ‘.n •• / ^ -- f I •f r ' ' -I . City Of ^ College Station OfficialNewspaper r X' : '•I •f ■ k— Volume 49 XT ^ — •r WildBroncs, Bulk To Sioifn Campus For Two-dayRod . „ BY BOB PRICE Prancing -hooves and Jingling spurs descending on the Teitas A&M campus Friday will herald ^ the arrival of college rodeo stars from 14 cqlleges and universities to participate in the First Texas A&M Inter-Collegiate Rodeo. The A. H. pavilion will be the scene of > the activities. ; 1 1 Top-flight college cow-pokes and cowgirls from all over the natioh will vie for points that might well determine the national champion ships .. . These saddle Mse cow-waddieS will be gunning for the valuable prizes that will go to the winners - of the different events. Listed among the prizes fbr this event is a custom made saddffe slat ed to go to the best all around u cowboy of the meet. The saddle ■- * was made at cost by the Fort Worth Saddle*. Chop and was donated by Robert Kleberg of the fabled King Ranch. Other prizes-include:, eight *• Western belt buckles, five hand- tooled belts, one bridle and rings, three Western shirts, one breast _ harness, several pair of “levi’s” and $25 in cash. ^ V This rodeo is not confined solely to the members of the stronger sex. Cowgirls from Sul Ross Stale College, Oklahoma I A&M and Texas A&l have signed ?'• entries in the wild cow milking contes, ; . The six-man male teams thus far entered lhail from Arlington State College, West Texas State College, Colorado A&M, New Mex- / ico A&M, < University of New Mexico, Oklahoma A&M, Texas Tech, Sjul: Ross State College, Har din Simmons University, Weather- / ford College,' Baylor University, Texas University, Texas A&I and Texas A&M. Men, well versed in these “cow- p boy carryings on”, will be on hand To judge the performance. Manuel Enos of Ft. Worth former Madi son Square Garden bronc riding champ will handle part of the judging chores along with, another Garden champ of years past, Jack Favor, bull-dogger from Arlington, . Texas* f‘. Pete McKenzie from Jasper, Texas, an old timer at announc ing college rodeos will handle the description of the events. * In keeping with the high stand ards of the rodeo, all the ani mals used will be professional rodeo stock. The stock will come from the Double-S Rodeo Ranch as Kileen, Texas. ; Among the stock on hand will be) 20 Brahma bulls, 25 Brahmq calves, 50 bucking horses and mkny rib bon roping and bull-dogging steers. A parade at 2 p. m. Friday in downtown Bryan will mark the of ficial opening of the rodeo. Reserve tickets for any of the three performances are $1.80. The general admission price will be $1.20 and children's ducats .r' are $.60. ' Tickets are now on sale at the Campus Theater, College^ Station Hhoe Repair, Animal Husbandry department, Student Activities Of- lice and Court’s Shoe Repair iA Bryan, --i Jester Honored By Mexico Governors Austin, T«x„ Nov. 30 -<A»i—Gov ernor* of Mcverul Mexican atatea will honor the memory of their old friend, the lute Gov. Beuuford H. Jester of Texas, at Corsicana Sun day. - . *' They will lay a wreath on his grave in the cemetery at Jester’s home town. . - = The Good Neighbor Commission announced that ^ Govs. Raul Garate of Tamaulipas, Raul—Lopez-San- _cheb of Coachuila, Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto of Neuvo Leon have definitely said they Would be there Gov. Fernando. Foglio Miramontes of Chihuahua may also be able to take part. The Mexican governors will be guests Saturday night in Corsicana of John C. Calhoun, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee and close friend of the late governor. X , * Sensitive Britishers Refuse Bargain Prices LONDON —Uf) — Some bald- headed Britishers are so sensitive they even turn down bargain prices currently being offered by Lon don's barbers. The barbers, figuring there’s not quite so much wiork to trimming a fringed noggin, have been quietly knocking sixpence (seven cents) off the bill if the customer’s head is bare on top. A regular hair cut costs two shillings (28 cents). One-men’s hairdresser in the f financial district disclosed that some of the more vain baldpatea : have ’’indignantly insisted upon paying the full price.” * . 1 | X f. V ; - ■ ' ' " i ' '' ' ' •Jl X. Eighty Traf Deaths Figur ed During Holiday Austin, (AP)—Eighty un suspecting Texas homes are in store for a saddened Yule- tide this year, the Texas De partment • of Public Siifety predicted. That many perkona are expected to lose their lives in Texas traf- fic accidents during the haliday period. Here are the predictions of N. K. Woerner, chief of the department’s statistical bureau, based on the period from 12:01 a. m. Dec. 23, 1949, through 11:59 p. m., Jan. 1, 1950: 80 persons will die in traffic ac cidents. 16 of them will be killed on Christmas Eve. . 51 of them ^will be killed on rural highways. 29 of them will be killed in cities and towns. 20 of them will be pedestrians. .32 of them will be drivers. i25__of them will ge passengers. 3 will be bicyclists. Phone Group Constructs New Business Office A new business office is now under construction in College Station for the South western States Telephone Company, according fo E. H. Utzman, district manager. The one-story modernistic brick and tile building will be located on land owned by W. S. Edmunds on Patricio Street west of the North Gate bus station, Foundation and the walls have been neary com pleted, and the building should be ready for occupancy by Jan uary l, Utzman said. All records pertaining to College Station will be removed from the Bryan office and placed | in the new office as soon as it iis com pleted. Two clerks, trained [in Bry an, will run the business] of the College Station customers. Strictly a business office, the new building is being constructed by W. D. Fitch. V '! DH Aggies Given Six Scholarships Six students, majoring |n dairy husbandry, wers awarded [Herman F. Heep scholarahips Tuesday night, with a cash value of $100 for first winnsr and $00 for second place winner. Winners in the aenior class are Jamee Patrick Canty, $318 New ton, Dallas, first. He has a grade point ratio since entering college of 2.162. [Last year hie grade point ratio waa 2,631. Second, Percy C. Burk, Trawick, grade po(nt ratio since entering college. 2,138; grade point ratio last year 2.476. Junior class winners, Hilmer H. Schuelke, Lockhart, first, j average grade point ratio since entering college, 2.708; grade point ratio last year, 2.694. Second, James Earl Thomas, Texarkana, average grade point ratio since entering college, 2.060; grade point ratio last year, 2.078. > 1 Sophomore winners, Howard William Kruse, Brenham, first,; Grade point ratio law year, 2.623. The Heep awards are an annual affair. The donor is t, widely known dairyman and oU man of Austin. The awards are granted on work of the previous year. “I do not know what the future holds for dairying In 196S,” D. W. Williams, vice-chancellor for agri culture, told the student*, at the ceremonies in the Agricultural building. He laid that progress had been made In all phases of ag riculture, and that thegr ~ who goes out into the fit rlculture should bear in strive for something bet thing new that will m producion and living. graduate of ag- mind to r, some- i better Dr. I. W. Hupei; Dairy * sented the schoiarahl Parnell out the names of the of the * P r «- , I,; ■ ' :L . . 1 , . : , f- . :i ■ Battalion £V TBE INTEREST OF A GREATER ARM COLLEGE / SON (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1949 •• 4! . • <\ : PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER|0, 1949 I: r —i 1*! ■•I l K ti ; ' ovtTi fi i Nurm Lay Investment Course Starts At 7:30 Tonight ■ i • i I Hr ' 'i • 1 •. 1 f' r t Network Wins Award With WTAW Sketch |. II ii J' in 1 ; . . I • J . I J 'j > , First ofa series of six talks on investments will be given tonight at 7:30 in tMj Chemistry Lecture Room by Jack Wiggin Jr., Houston partner'of the investment firm of Mer rill Lynch, Pierce, Feniiefl& Beane. The talks are the "Mer rill Lynch Investment Course", designed to aid everyone in understanding principles and practices of investing. The talks will be given on three successive Wednesday evenings by members of the firm, and will cover the subject -of investing by persons whp have small, medium, or large amounts to invest. They The A&M Crops Judging Team took fourth place in competition at Kansas City and fifth place In Chicago competition, Leo Mikeska, mid dle man In the picture, was high point man at at the Chicago meet. Pictured left to right are i*k Williams ~ Kelllng, and V. G. Collard. Joe Walzel, Jack Williams, Leo Mikeska, WU-lle Briefly Speaking Bathing Suits Trends Hint Barely of Things to Come Pierre explained in a recent inter view, : ‘Me take a spool of thread, cast upon our noble but naughty r ^|. a p e eet thees way, that way. BY W. C- COLVILLE Since the fig-leaf curse was first ancestors, women have been trying to clothe themselves as nudely as possible and still appear re spectable, or cjothe themselves re spectively and still appear nude. Each year Women’s bathing suits have receded and shrunk like pools of water on hot pavement. Last year, with the advent of the French style and Bikini suit, it seemed as if the end w^s almost in Sight. At any rate, it was apparent. This gives rise to the question of just how far they will go, a question that can only be intelli gently discussed during the numb ing winter mtjnths, when the ab sence of those Warm forms at swim ming pools permits a somewhat passive point i>f view. During the summer, as the old adage goes, you can’t see the tjathing suits for the limbs, or soipething like that. L. Pierre, njoted French design er, is rumored to have conceited a suit for the (coming summer that can be carried [on a spool of thread. Aggie Blouse, Pants Found by [Houstonian A blouse ai pants Were found the Saturday of the Houston porps Trip hanging on the bus stop in front of the Southern Pac The finder d a pair of uniform fic station, a Mr. Morris) noti fied The Battalion today and re quests that the Aggie who lost these itdms io ichtact him and iden tify them as Hoon as possible. His address is 810 Woodland, Housto(i. i I Viola! A bathing suit. But be pleasing to not go near water. If does! Poof! Water Is only for dogs!” Pierre’s more conservative Amer ican model consists of two paper clips and an additional spool for a beach robe. L. Peirre is also creator of the ecoaomical Decade Suit, a cro cheted affair that can be unrav eled as the styles progress. Pierre was offered a cool million by TU Frats for the extract position of the key thread. Pierre declined saying that his honor would not permit such an act. “Hell no!" was the way he put it But let us tear ourselves away IE Students Visit In Houston Plants Twent-ejght Aggies, composed of graduating seniors, and jun iors studying modem industries in the Industrial Education Depart ment, and two faculty advisors are now visiting several industries and inspecting industrial schools programs in Houston. The group is visiting the Star Engraving Company, Cameron Iron Works, Brockstein’s Display Equipment Company, Wessendorff, Nelms Machinery Supply Com pany, and several industrial teach ing programs. Glenn Fletcher, director of In dustrial Arts and Vocational Ed ucation in the Houston public schools developed the inlnerary for the group. from the modem bathing suit for awhile, and briefly delve into their histoi(y. , The first bona fide bathing suit was worn by Guinivere Goatherde, first Wife of King Authur. It was a two piece creation consisting of short* and (you’ll pardon the ex- preseion) bra, constructed of cast iron. Guinivere, after a short but glorious jac&nife into the moat, was never aeard from again. The lotal minstrel has it that Authur was piqued at her for insisting an square tables in the castle, and had his tins- smith jam the escape hatch. The next mode established was the knee-length skirt suit, origin ally designed to frighten little children into going to bed at night. This suit is sound evidence for the suspicion that bustles, frills, lace and fluff was all that Grandma had. After 'tho knee-length burlap went out, things started looking up, and we come again to the ques tion . . . just how far will they go . . . and why don’t they. Poultry Judging Team To Compete at Chicago The A&M poultry judging team will participate in the national in tercollegiate poultry judging con test to be held in Chicago Novem ber 29 and 30. E. D. Parnell is coach of the team. The team is composed of Bobbie Mayfield of Dayton, Delvin Bar rett] of Bellville, Grady Scroggins of Bowie, and Bill Doran of Col- lege Station. X The Texas Quality Network has been awarded the Nation al Safety Council’s Public In terest Award for Exceptional Service to Farm Safety for the second consecutive year, D. A. (Andy) Adam, Extension radio edi tor, wired from the National Radio Farm Directors’ meeting in Chi cago. The Texas Farm and Home radio program, originating at G o’clock every morning except Sunday from Station WTAW, was responsible for this award, he said. Farm safety “spot announcements” and special ists’ information on farm and home safety, with a special feature pro gram during Farm Safety Week, July 23-20, had a prominent place on the daily farm and home radio broadcast The feature program was given by E. C. Martin, assistant state agent, Extension Service, and chair man of the Texas Farm Safety Council, Gladys Martin, acting state home demonstration agent and vice- director for women, with 4*H cjub members and extension agents from Refugio county. The 4-H activities in Refugio wota the state award in the farm safety contest for 1949. This is the fifth year the Nation al Safety Council has presented awards for the best regional net work coverage in the year-round division of the annual farm safety radio contest. AIME Meets On Campus Dec. 8 The annual joint meeting of the Texas Sections of the AIME will be held oh the campus from 8 a. m. Dec* 8, until 5 p. m. Dec. 9, an nounced Lucian Morgan, assistant director of the placement office to- day. Registration will begin at 8 a. m. Dec. 8, in the YMCA lobby and will be concluded at 12 noon, he said. A registration fee of $2.00 will be assessed member and $3.00 for, non-members. Those desiring rooms may secure them at time of registration for a charge of $1.00 per person per night. The college will furnish all linens. Rooms will be provided in Ramps I, J, and K of Walton Hall. An attendance of 150 is expected in addition to students. There will be a dinner at 7 p. m. Dev. 8, in Sbisa Mess HaHt Tick ets are $2.00 per person and may be purchased at time -of registra tion, Mr. Morgan said. \ j ' / also afford an opportunity for 4 A&M Students and residents of the § X V' mm fin" ■ •. >.. ilil Observers Tell Of Tragic Air Crash HY WILLIAM C. BARNARD Dallas, Nov. 30 —(Ah—“The plane trembled and shook and I knew we were in reu) trouble and then bango—” That was the! description Ernest Ohnell, Jr., Sfarsdale, N. Y., gave to the American Airlines crash which killed 28 persons here to day. Ohnell was one of 17 sur vivors.. — ! He said he escaped through an emergency door] seconds after the plane exploded. Ornell was not in jured, ibut was suffering consid erably from shock. He gave this description of what happened: “Tike ptaAVas in good shape when it left New York and Washington,” he said. ^Twenty minutes before the accident we were cruising along very comfort- * b, y- : : I- , “Thdn passengers were alerted that something was wrong with the number four outboard engine and that we would change planes at Dallas for the trip to Mexico City. .} 1 j’ ' j "Ovor Lovq Field wa came in for : engine was out I ere on the ground, a 1 but | we really weren’t Suddenly the plane trembled and shook. The engines roared as though the pilot were trying to take it off again and had decided not to land, r* “I felt we were in trouble. Then bango—we hit “We hit a hangar (Dallas Aviation School) and then there was the explosion. I waa sitting in the back end of the plane. “There was terrific confusion. I finaiiy got my seat belt unfastened. It had held. I looked around at the emergency door and a man was opening it. He went out and then two other people went out, and so did I. “Flumes were billowing up from the right wing on the other side of the plane. Just as I got through another man came through the door and got stuck in it. I pulled him out. “I don’t know how many of the people who got out that door were hurt. I guess all of them were. “When I got out the door and got the other man through the door, I stepped out on the wing- I ran down the wing and jumped off to the ground. Then I ran to a residence nearby and tele phoned my wife In Scarsdale to tell her that I waa all right” Ohnell has made a complete statement to the Civil Aeronautics authorities. He said he feels very weak but his nerves are smoothing out a bit. He said he will never forget that moment of the explo sion—the fire coming up outside his window and the agony of trying to unfasten that seat belt to free himself. “I feel more than thankful,” he told reporters. “Much more than thankful.’’ He was trembling as ha spoke. BY TIM FARKKR Dallas, Nov. 30 — (Ah—A* each burdened group staggered by, the man in blue uniform, weeping un ashamedly, asked: "How many?” Dirt-stained firemen would look up and say, "one” or ’’two." The uniformed man was an American Airline representative who carried a notebook on which he was keeping count. Each body carried by was a short black pen cilled line in his notebook. The bodies were laid out on a canvas tarpaulin under burned and hanging utility lines. But they had to be re-arranged as still more vic tims were hauled out an hour and a half after the crash. The rescuers running short of atretcheirs put the limp remains above the muddy ground as they wove back and forth between the wreckage and tarpaulin. Flames still licked around the one-story galvanized building into which the larger part of the plane crashed, There was quick, orderly move ment—no panic now—as the last of the bodies was removed while slater ships of the DC-6 passed overhead. Police Sergeant D. J. Cameron, who arrived at the scene five minutes after this crash, said: “There were several people dash ing around. There waa one woman ing arou with a baby. She waa hugging the baby. She waa crying and the baby waa crying.” Sgt. Cameron said the pilot and ing. A&M Prof Given the co-pilot “got-out.” 7 Xnifs .♦ A i Ho said, “I don’t know huw mar : AWflrn gotout all togvthor. Wo wore puli-i\ i. ■ ing thorn out of thoro protty fast,” A cavalcade of ambulances was admitted on the scene about 7:10 u. m. (CST) to take away the bod ies piled on the tarpaulins Only 200 feet away were bar racks in which 160 GI aviation students were sleeping. They apparently were; unaware of their close escape. On*! in shirt sleeves at the door asked “What happened?” Firemen used grappling hooks and axes to tear apart the mixture of plane and buildings. Charred Airmail was heaped on a tarpaulin near the bodies. Highway Patrolman J. W. Gal lagher had his microphone in his hand and was just reporting to his dispatcher. I ‘ “I saw it happen. I yelled ’419, 419, 419’. That’s the call for the fire department. Then I told the dispatcher I wanted am bulances and lots of ambulances. “Just befort it happened I heard the engine sputtering, sort of back firing. Then there was the explo sion which sent flames a hundred feet in the air. But after tfmt l was too busy calling for firemen and ambulances to see what hap pened. . / 4 l ] X'l Bits of tom wood and tin marked the airliner’s destructive path through the Dallas Aviation School building across the street and into the smaller galvanised iron build- X HI-: \ Mrs. W. L. Penberthy Is chair man of the seal sale drive of the Brazos County Tuberculosis As sociation. */J ■ /I Four New Wells To Be Drilled i [ i , I ‘ j ! ' ' I ‘ I At Annex Area ' ■ X’ " Four new water wells for the College will be drilled in the Bryan Field area within the next few months, report ed T. R. Spence, of the De partment of Physical Plants, to- day. Wells are to be drilled northeast and northwest of Bryam Field by Layne-Texas Wells of Houston. A 50,000 gallon reservoir will be: built in the field for collection purposes and to hold water at the pump station, built to pump water to the main reservoir at the College. A 2,000,000 gallon reservoir will be built at the College at the distribution plant, he added. v A high pressure pump station will be constructed here to pump the water into the distribution system Eight miles of water main will be required to carry the r water from the Bryan Field reservoir to the main reservoir at the college. Exploratory work la being car ried oq to locate the best sources of highest quality water. The] sixth test well has been started at the Bryan Field area. Thus far, water found has hot been of the quaL Ity desired. v . pi Work on the prpject is going on now and, it Is e*timated, Wljl be completed in June, or Jujy( Bryah-Coltege Station area to learn about the operations of the nation’s stock and commodity exchanges. No charge is made for ihe course, which! has been given m Houston, Bay City and Bryan during the past year." | Similar toiirses 1 are being offered over the country by Merrill Lynch in an I effort to answer such ques tions as: what investments are; how they help make America se cure; how intelligent investing and one’s .standard of living] are relat ed; how invested money earns in terest and dividends; what the var- iouti kindu of investment^ are; how to-evaluate an investment; the ^-functions of stock and commodity exchange and bfokerage firms; and corporation versus government financing of industry. The Business Bqciety, Depart ment of Business and Accountini and Merrill Lynch are jpintiy sponsoring the eotirse on the cam? pus. j .. Tonight’s Lectures Introduction by Wigjgins Professor P. 0. Murdock pt th# Department of Chemical Engineer ing was honored by the Mouth; Texas sevtlon of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at! its an nual technical session in Galves ton recently, H$ was recipient the “Publication Award” [wh was initiated this year as qn a..- , - * nual award given to the rafembor ?**“". m * ll *W r who during the previous year pub* ^ Merrill lished the best paper in a technji- ° cal journal. From the 300 members, 16 pap ers were submitted for considers tion. A committee of six studied the papers and! judged thorn an the following points; originality oL treatment of the subject,; clar ity and completeness of presenta tion, and usefulness to the profes sion. Subject of Dr. Murdoch's >iapei was "Multicomponent Distillationi’ It appeared in the November; 1948 isaue of Chemical Engineering Process, the official journal of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Since this initial pub lication on the subject, three add - tional papers have been prepared which expand the work further The Texas Engineering Experi ment Station has supported- ♦**“ work of Professor Murdoch) reprints of the prize-winning er were issued as. No. 3 7 i will outline the bourse, exp .. who tainini its purposes and defining sevpla of the terms later speakers wil use. He will a so tell soniethl of the operation of the stock, an< bond exchanges. Second speaker for the nigh will be Henry F. Weghorst, salet manager of , the Houston Office His topic will be “Why Jnvest- Who Should Invest.” He will als< state three objectives of investing Wiggin is a graduate of Tulam University in New Orleans. He hai been with the firm since 1927, re ceiving a promotion to Brand > Manager in 1923, He became a part • ner of the firm in January of 1949 Weghorst attended BHnn Col lege in Brenham, %m entered th* banking business' in Taylor, whei he remained for eight y*ars. Sr' 1928, he has been Associated Merrill Lynch. , December 7 Letter Mi ) I / Charles J. Ritchie, heebunt exe cutive, will deliver the first tall of the second session *t 7:30 p. m in the Chemistry i!Lecture Room His topic will be "Types of Secur ities.” Second speaker for the even ing will be David Hull, account ex ecutive, who wdll speak on “Hov to Read a Fiphncial Report.” Ritchie wp* in the banking bust ness in Helena, Arkansas, am Houston./ He was graduated ir Business Administration from Stanfdrd University in 1947 He. attended the Merrill . Lynd training School ; for $ix monthi in 1947, and at present is also in structing at th* University o Houston in Corporation Finance am Investments. » I Final SeHsiop . 1. . [, • . I • Lust session Cf the begin at 7:80 in the Lecturs Room ami will sneaker* and a movie York Exchange. Lewi course will Chemistr; r feature tw > the Ne^ Braze •V rork uxenange, Lewis K. Hraze > Urn, Commodity Department Mam • ger In Houston,, will first discuss "The Commodities Markets,”. Char les D. Pearce Jr. will speak (fn ’’Municipal Bonds,” Fallowing tie talks, “Money at Work” will lie I ’a Reprint Series of publ cation.* ; IN * ;! : 'V ; .. ; r shown, with the introduction gl"< en by Cyrus T. i JohnSon, account executive. Brazelton attended the Univ< slty of Texas for thrbe years. Ra then was associated with the IIoi ton Packing Co. as su|ea|man J, *i for 14 7*krs. he |ch sinjee May, 1946. Pearce, an* account executive, graduated from the ^University of Pennsylvania and attended Jeffor- MB! School of Law for one yei r. He served in the array in tte first and second World Wars, in between which times he was in the securities business. He became as sociated with Merrill Lynch in September, 1944. > , Johnston attended the Mer ill Lynch Training School in 1917. Prior to his association with Mfcr- rlll Lynch, he spent three' ye ira in the manufacturings business in St. Paul, Minn., and wb district traffic manager of Northwest A ir- lines Co. in St. Pai}l for six yegrs* AH the lectures are scheduled to last approximately one hour and a half. Anyone interested )ii hair ing the talks hi invited by T. W. Leland, head of the Business ind Accounting Department; Wes ey W. Wilson, president of tna Bdsi- ness Society and Merrill Lynch. Jack f \ I \ ^ V.